Drugs which cause ototoxicity and circumoral paraesthesia are______________?
Correct answer: C. Streptomycin
- A. Antileprotic drugs
- B. Antitubercular drugs
- C. Streptomycin
- D. Chloramphenicol
Explanation
Streptomycin, an aminoglycoside used in tuberculosis, can cause vestibular or cochlear ototoxicity and may produce perioral or circumoral paraesthesia. The other options do not characteristically produce this combined toxicity.
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